Game



J. E. RUSSELL GAME Aug. 24, 1926. 1,596,947

Filed Dec. 31. 1925 -2 Sheets-Sh eet 1 Gam a sis Patented Au 24, 1926.

UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

7 JOHN E. RUSSELL, OF SGRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 'IO RUSSELL MACHINE COMPANY, INC., OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VAN'IA.

GAME.

Application filed December 31, 1925. Serial No. 78,569.

The invention relates to improvements in games of the general type disclosed in my U; Patent 1,531,455 of March 31, 1925. In the patented structure, segregated fields were employed, a ball receiver was provided above said fields, ball passages were employed from the receiver to the fields respectively, and balls were provided to be tossed into the receiver, attempting to make any ball so tossed, reacha selected field. ft is one object of the present invention to provide a new and improvedconstruction in which the receiver is closed instead of being open at its top but is provided with a plurality of openings through which the balls may be dropped, so that it is not necessary to toss them into said receiver and they may thusbe initially directed on any desired downward path. It is a further aim of the invention however to provide novel means within the receiver for preventing straight descent of any ball from the opening through which it is dropped, into the ball passage substantially under such opening. Thus, the improved game is strictly a game of chance. I

Another object of the invention is to pro vide new and improved means permitting discharge of the balls from the playing fields into a hollow base with which the game is provided.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawings,

I Figure 1 is a perspective View of a game embodying the improvements. f 7

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional View.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 33 of Fig. 2. Y Fig. 1 is a top plan view with the top of the ball receiver removed. i

' Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view as indi cated by line 55 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a detailed horizontal section on the plane of line 66 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings above briefly described,

B designates a base which comprises a forwardly declined bottom 7, a back wall a front wall 9 of relatively slight height, and a pair of parallel side walls 10. wardly declined board 11 extends forwardly A forfrom the back Wall 8, above the bottom 7 and between the side walls 10, this board terminating in rearwardly spaced relation with the front wall 9. Another board 12 abuts the front edge of the board 11 and the upper surfaces of these two boards are flush with each other. The board 12 is mounted for downward swinging, said board being preferably connected by spring hinges 13 with an additional front wall 14 which rises from its front portion, said wall 14 being rearwardly spaced from the wall 9 and being secured to the side walls 10. The spring hinges 13 serve to normally raise the board 12and for depressing said board to the 1nclined position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, it may well be provided with handles 15 passing through slots 16 in the side walls 10.

means may well be provided on the front side of the wall li and upon the lower front portion 19 of a ball receiver 20 which is mounted upon the base B, at the:

rear end of the latter. By preference, a transparent cover 21, held by a suitable frame 22, extends over all of the partitions 17. v c

The receiver 2O is preferably formed with vertical end walls 23, with a forwardly de clined back wall 24, with a rearwardly declined front wall 25, and with a top 26, the latter being preferably hinged as at 27 The part 28 shown in Fig. 2, under the top 26,

is one of a pair ,of'reinforcing cleatswhich 'may be provided for said top. (See Fig.

The bottom 29 of the receiver 20 is formed with ball outlet openings 30 and the parti- Partitions 17 extend from the front wall tion extensions 18 are of course disposed between these openings, so that balls from the receiver'may enter the spaces or playing fields between the partitions 17. The top 26 is formed with a plurality of ball inlet openings 31 which are preferably formed in its rear portion, and the front portion of this top is preferably formed with a glass .stantiaily strai wall 52?; .3 provide-ii With a plurality of verally directed. ribs 33 which are preferably of the if shape orm shown, said ribs being posed under tne openings that balls didpped in said openings and engra e. the "bsfwill be bci; an to the sid in one direction or the other. A horizontal rlo 3% preferably extends along the lower ends of the ribs so as to give an upward or forward bounce tothe balls, and l prefer to provide the front wall 25 with an irregular or side. farmed by ribs or in any other red D1, er. so that such ribs will cause adcitional 'al bouncing of any ball which engages them.

The players are allotted different fields and the balls which they are to use, may well be identified with these fields. Each one drops his ball into any of the opemngs 31 which he may choose, and attempts to make such ball reach his own playing field. If it does reach the proper field, a desired number of points may be scored in his favor. If desired, there may be one dummy field and any ball reaching the sau'ie may count a lesired number of points for the player.

fiery pleasing results have been obtained with the construction disclosed and it is therefore preferably followed. However, within the scope of the invention as claimed, variations may of course be made.

1 claim:

1.. A game comprising separate playing fields, aclosed ball receiver above the fields having ball outlets to said fields respectively, said receiver having a plurality of openthrough which to drop a ball and being vided with nder said n said-in- K i went with said openings to cause deflection of the ball from its initial downward path. A game comprising eparate playing and a closed ball receiver above the having b to said fields res ectively, said receiver having a plurality of openings through which to drop a ball, attempting to cause the same to reach a selected playing field; said, receiver having an inclined wall under the openings provided with vertically extending ribs substantially alined with said openings to cause deflection of the ball from its initial downward path.

3. A game comprising separate playing fields, and closed ball receiver above the fields liar-sing ball outlet to said fields respectively, said receiver having a plurality of openings through which to drop a ball,

attempting to cause the same to reach a selected playing field; said receiver having an inclined wall under the openings provided with vertically extending ribs substantially alined with said openings to cause deflection of the ball from its initial downward path, said inclined wall being also provided with a horizontal rib at the lower ends of the vertically extending ribs to cause bouncing of the ball.

l. A game comprising separate playing fields, and a closed ball receiver above the fields having ball outlets to said fields respectively, said receiver having a plurality of openings through which to drop a ball,

attempting to cause the same to reach a selected playing field; said receiver having an inclined wall under the openings provided with vertically extending ribs substantially alined with said openings to cause deflection of the ball from its initial downward path, said inclined Wall being also provided with a horizontal rib at the lower ends of the vertically extending ribs to cause bouncing of the ball, the wall of the receiver opposite said inclined wall being formed with an irregular inner side to cause further bouncing of the ball. V

I 5. A game comprising a base having a forwardly declined bottom, front and rear walls, and side walls, a forwardly declined board spaced above said bottom andextending forwardly from said backwall between the side walls, said board terminating in rearwardly spaced relation with said front wall a downwardly swingable board spaced behind said front wall and abutting the front edge of said declined board, the upper surfaces of the two boards being flush and segregated into playing fields, a second front wall behind the first named front Wall and rising from the front portion of said swingable board, ball-directing means lead ing to the aforesaid fields, and means for downwardly swinging said swingable board to discharge a ball from any field into said base. 7

aflixed my signature.

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